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  • 21front — I adv. to face front II n. frontline (mil.) 1) at, on the front (the war correspondents spent two days at the front; there has been no activity on this front) area of activity 2) the home; political front 3) on a front (on the home front)… …

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  • 22dare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. face, defy, challenge, brave; venture upon or into. See defiance, courage, rashness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be courageous] Syn. venture, take a chance, hazard, chance, brave, risk, presume,… …

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  • 23Korea — /keuh ree euh, kaw , koh /, n. 1. a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910 45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South… …

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  • 24The Structure of Scientific Revolutions — (1962), by Thomas Kuhn, is an analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift .HistoryThe work was first published as a monograph in the …

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  • 25Harry Austryn Wolfson — (November 2, 1887–September 20, 1974) was a scholar, philosopher, and historian at Harvard University, the first chairman of a Judaic Studies Department in the United States. He is best known for his seminal work on the Jewish philosopher Philo,… …

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  • 26bluff — I [[t]blʌf[/t]] adj. er, est, n. 1) good naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken 2) gel presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front: a bluff, precipitous headland[/ex] 3) gel geo a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep… …

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  • 27Face — (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle …

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  • 28Faced — Face Face (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field… …

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  • 29Facing — Face Face (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field… …

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  • 30To face a thing out — Face Face (f[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Faced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Facing}.] 1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field… …

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